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ATA, Transportation Groups React Positively to DOT Nominee Foxx

Transportation stakeholder groups, including American Trucking Associations, reacted positively to President Obama’s announcement Monday that he has picked Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx to be the next transportation secretary.  

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Obama nominates Charlotte’s Anthony Foxx to head DOT

Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx has been nominated to be the next Secretary of Transportation, replacing outgoing Secretary Ray LaHood. LaHood announced he would not be staying on in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet in January. LaHood was the only Republican in the president’s Cabinet in Obama’s first term.  

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Range Rover door interiors delivered by DHL

Faurecia has approved a new contract with DHL Supply Chain as the demand for sequenced deliveries increases at the Jaguar Land Rover advanced manufacturing plant in Solihull. As the JLR plant moved to 24-hour production earlier this year the logistics between Range Rover and the tier 1 supplier’s manufacturing plant in Fradley, Staffordshire had to improve. […]

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Ed Wilson to head VW America vehicle logistics

Wilson has been appointed general manager of vehicle logistics and will replace Joerg Schnackenberg who is returning to Wolfsburg, Germany at the end of June, in the role of project manager in the Regions Planning Department at Group Logistics.  

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PeopleNet creates applications for high-growth oil, gas industry

The combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technology with some of the world’s largest shale gas and oil reserves has put the United States on track to become a top energy producer. U.S. natural gas capacity is expected to expand 23 percent by 2023.  

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Meritor Axels

MERITOR IS RECALLING CERTAIN TL SERIES TRAILER AXLES THAT CONTAIN THE FAG BRAND BEARING SYSTEM. THESE AXLES ARE SOLD AND INSTALLED AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON VARIOUS RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. THE BEARING SYSTEM HAS EXHIBITED LOW DURABILITY LIFE IN CERTAIN VEHICLE APPLICATIONS. C11AA is the manufacturer’s recall number.  It’s a couple years old.  NHTSA has it listed […]

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Changing directions: Consumer platforms reshaping in-cab computing

A wide gulf used to separate consumer and enterprise mobile computing. While consumer electronics always have been on the leading edge of technology, they traditionally lacked durability, reliability and security.  

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OEM earnings reports roundup: Daimler, Paccar, Volvo all see sales decline

As earnings reports for the first quarter of the year roll in — with mixed outcomes — three large North American truck and engine manufacturers saw either their profits, sales or earnings. Paccar — parent company of Peterbilt and Kenworth — announced a decline in sales leading to a 28 percent drop in earnings. 

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Finished Vehicle Transportation Damage Standards and Guideline

AIAG GLOBAL DAMAGE CODES STANDARD

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